S. 2546, a bill to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs
Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 17, 2025
S. 2546, a bill to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 17, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2026
2026-2031
2026-2036
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
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*
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
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*
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
0
0
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
S. 2546 would extend, through November 3, 2032, the authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation (a nonprofit organization) to establish a commemorative work in or near Washington, D.C., without the use of federal funds. That authority expired on November 3, 2019.
The project would be subject to the provisions of the Commemorative Works Act. Under that act, any entity that receives a construction permit for a commemorative work must donate an amount equal to 10 percent of the memorial’s estimated construction costs to the National Park Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose subsequent donations to the National Park Service are recorded on the budget. That donation and any project funds remaining after construction would be available for maintenance of the memorial without further appropriation.
Based on the experience from similar projects, CBO expects that any amounts collected by the federal government for maintenance of the monument would not be received for several years and would be offset by expenditures soon thereafter. Thus, CBO estimates that enacting the bill would have a negligible effect on net direct spending.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Alaina Rhee. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
